Leonora (given name)
| Leonora | |
|---|---|
 Leonora Braham as Patience in the opera Patience | |
| Pronunciation | /liːəˈnɒrə/ |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Italian, Spanish |
| Region of origin | Europe |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Eleanor |
Leonora is a feminine given name which is a variation of Eleanor. It was relatively common in the 19th century in Western countries, ranking as the 314th most popular female given name in the US in 1880. [1] The name became less popular in the 20th Century, and is now the 2138th most popular name in the US with 7,774 people with the first name.
Persons
- Leonara Elizabeth Grant (1931–2016), New Zealand actress, known as Lee Grant
- Leonora Baroni, seventeenth century musician and composer
- Leonora Braham, English opera singer and actress
- Leonora Carrington, Mexican surrealist painter
- Leonora Christina (disambiguation), Danish princess
- Leonora Duarte, Flemish musician and composer
- Leonora Jakupi, singer from Kosovo
- Leonora Jiménez, former Miss Asia Pacific International
- Leonora King, Canadian physician
- Leonora O'Reilly, American feminist, suffragist, and trade union organizer
- Leonora Sanvitale
- Leonore, Duchess of Gotland, Swedish princess
Fictional characters
- Leonora Orantes, in the 2011 film Contagion, played by Marion Cotillard
- "Leonora" is used for Eleonora di Guienna, a main character in Donizetti's opera Rosmonda d'Inghilterra
- Leonora, the heroine of Verdi's operas La forza del destino and Il trovatore
- Leonora Ashburnham, in the Ford Madox Ford novel The Good Soldier
- Leonora, in the film Topsy-Turvy
- Leonora, the villain of the Mexican TV series Miss XV
- Leonora, in the video game Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
References
See also
- Leonore (given name)
- Leonor, Princess of Asturias, Spanish princess
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